Improvement in grain-binders



UNITED STATES PATENT GEEICE.

JOHN H. MORSE, OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS.

lMPROVEMEN'l' IN GRAIN-BINDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 134,08), dated December 17, 1872.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. MoEsE, of

` Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois, have invented certain Improvements in GrainBinding Machines, of which the following is a specification:

Description of the Accompanying Draw/lng. Figure 1, elevation or' hinder; Fig. 2, plan,

. sheattrough G removed; Fig. 3, vertical crosssecton through a a a a, Fig. 1;' Fig. 4, showingvertical sliding hook D, parts F E removed; Fig. 5, diagram showing corrugated jaws w fw with clamp' e inserted 5 Fig. 6, clamp z.

General Description.

A is the frame of the binder, which may be secured at its hase to the platform of a reaper.

' B is an upright support for one side of the sheaf-trough G, with a hole or eye, u, at its top, through which passes the cord o. C is the guide-rod for the foot-piece 'l and tighteningfor securing the ends of the cord after being pass-ed around the sheaf.

The operation ofthe vhinder is as follows: Pass the cord o from a spool or reel that may be placed back of or under the binder, up through the eye u (see Figs. 1 and 3) in support B. Now, place the clamp z Within the jaws'w w, (see Fig. 5,) draw the cord o across the sheaf-trough G and into the recess p, un`- der the hook D, and into the clamp z, holding the cord in one hand: The binder is now ready for the sheaf, which may be dropped from the rea-per as it is cut into the sheaf-trough G and upon the cord o. Now, with the other hand seize the cord o up near the eye u, drawing the cord through the eye u, (see Fig. 3,) over the sheaf, down into the recess p, under the hook D, and on the cord already in the clamp z. (See Fig. 3.) Full the cord tight with both hands, force down the hook D by pressing with the foot upon the foot-piece l, and, the pin g at the lower end of lever E, moving in thc groove l', the corrugated jaws w w (see Fig. 3) will close and corrugatc the clamp z upon tho 'cord o, and thus tie the band. By the downward motion of the foot-piece the sheaf-trough will be tilted, as seen in dotted lines, Fig. l, and when the cord, by the upward pull of the hands, is out by the cutting-hook F, the shear' will slide from the trough, and thc cord, still held in the hand, will he ready to reccive another sheaf after a clamp has been placed between-the jaws w w.

Claim.

fied. A

JOHN H. MORSE.

Witnesses:

HENRY W. WELLS, JAMES MoRsE. 

